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<a href="B01C044.html"><font size=+2 color=red>44</font></a>
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<td class="v">44:1</td>
<td>And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.</td>
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<td class="v">44:2</td>
<td>And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.</td>
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<td class="v">44:3</td>
<td>As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.</td>
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<td class="v">44:4</td>
<td>And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?</td>
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<td class="v">44:5</td>
<td>Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.</td>
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<td class="v">44:6</td>
<td>And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.</td>
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<td class="v">44:7</td>
<td>And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:</td>
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<td class="v">44:8</td>
<td>Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?</td>
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<td class="v">44:9</td>
<td>With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.</td>
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<td class="v">44:10</td>
<td>And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.</td>
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<td class="v">44:11</td>
<td>Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.</td>
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<td class="v">44:12</td>
<td>And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.</td>
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<td class="v">44:13</td>
<td>Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.</td>
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<td class="v">44:14</td>
<td>And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.</td>
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<td class="v">44:15</td>
<td>And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?</td>
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<td class="v">44:16</td>
<td>And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.</td>
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<td class="v">44:17</td>
<td>And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.</td>
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<td class="v">44:18</td>
<td>Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.</td>
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<td class="v">44:19</td>
<td>My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?</td>
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<td class="v">44:20</td>
<td>And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.</td>
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<td class="v">44:21</td>
<td>And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.</td>
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<td class="v">44:22</td>
<td>And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.</td>
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<td class="v">44:23</td>
<td>And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.</td>
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<td class="v">44:24</td>
<td>And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.</td>
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<td class="v">44:25</td>
<td>And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.</td>
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<td class="v">44:26</td>
<td>And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.</td>
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<td class="v">44:27</td>
<td>And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:</td>
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<td class="v">44:28</td>
<td>And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:</td>
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<td class="v">44:29</td>
<td>And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.</td>
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<td class="v">44:30</td>
<td>Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;</td>
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<td class="v">44:31</td>
<td>It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.</td>
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<td class="v">44:32</td>
<td>For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.</td>
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<td class="v">44:33</td>
<td>Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.</td>
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<td class="v">44:34</td>
<td>For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.</td>
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